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Getting Psyched Out
Welcome to the research guide for General Psychology. These resources have been selected to help you make this class a success.
On this page, find course information as well as a quick list of research materials to get you started.
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Best Bets
The following can help you start your research.
See the Library Resources tab for more extensive lists of suggested materials.
Databases
- APA PsycArticles
- Why search here? This is our most important database for peer-reviewed literature in psychology.
- What’s included? APA PsycArticles includes almost 120 full-text journals from the American Psychological Association and related organizations. Most journals’ entire runs are included, from their first issues to the present.
- Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection
- Why search here? This is one of the most important databases for psychology and is also relevant to nursing, education, the social sciences, and social work.
- What’s included? The database includes over 300 full-text journals with indexing and abstracts for almost 300 more.
- Psychological Research
Includes information which emphasizes the theoretical implications of the research reported.
- Psychological Review
Psychological Review publishes articles that make important theoretical contributions to any area of scientific psychology, including systematic evaluation of alternative theories.
Key Ideas in Psychology by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781853023590Publication Date:The book will be of interest to two groups of readers. The first comprises people who are new to the subject and simply want to know what psychology is. The second consists of those who want a general guide to an area but who wish to make up their minds on the details for themselves.
Psychology Basics by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781587651991Publication Date:Psychology Basics highlights theories and concepts in the following areas: aging, childhood adolescence, cognition, conditioning, consciousness, depression, development, diagnosis, emotions, experimentation, intelligence, language, learning, memory, methodology, motivation, origin/definition of psychology, personality, psychobiology, psychopathology, psychotherapy, sensation and perception, sexuality, social psychology, stress, thought, and treatments.
Psychology at Northwestern
These links will take you to official NWOSU university pages.
- School of Education
The School of Education offers a variety of undergraduate majors and a master of counseling psychology (MCP), a master of general psychology, and a master of education (M.Ed.) at the graduate level.
- Department of Psychology
The Psychology Department at NWOSU offers a bachelor’s degree in psychology with minors in sports psychology, grief and bereavement, substance abuse, and general psychology.
- Graduate Studies
If you are interested in furthering your higher education at Northwestern, we offer master’s degree programs in education, counseling psychology, general psychology, and American studies—and one doctorate program in Nursing Practice (BSN to DNP online).
- Master of Counseling Psychology
The master of counseling psychology (MCP) degree is a 48-hour counseling program. Two additional tracks prepare students for careers as licensed professional counselors or as licensed alcohol and drug counselors.
- Master of General Psychology
The goal of the MGP degree is to make a contribution to the supply of academically prepared graduates who will perform necessary duties in the field of behavioral sciences.